Very early on, I decided I wanted my first character to craft, supply my alts and just work on being a rich dude. Playing through several betas gave me a chance to see how it would all play out: would I gimp myself by putting a lot of points into crafting? The short answer…

By far, the Elder Scrolls Online launch was one of the smoothest game launch experiences I’ve ever been involved with, with very little downtime for the bulk of players joining us on 4/4. There was an unplanned, long maintenance that affected some of us early access folks, but it wasn’t too bad and it now…

Pre-launch catch-up Just a few days ago we heard from ESO Creative Director Paul Sage about the different types of Veteran content available at level 50, and we wanted to give you folks an idea of what awaits you. One of the biggest things he said was that about 2/3 of the content that you…

If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of the 5 million people that have registered for the ESO beta, and likely participated in one of our large beta tests. That’s a wonderfully large number of people who have become part of our ESO community, and it continues to grow. The worldwide interest in ESO has…

Unanswered questions leading up to The Elder Scrolls Online launch answered by ESO game director Matt Firor. Are you curious what payment methods will be accepted, or what will be available in the Zenimax store? What rule sets will there be Will there be for the PvP campaigns? What happens to skill points gained in…

Upon my return to Tamriel, the first thing I made sure to do was to level my Sorcerer’s Scamp, which turns it into a Clannfear. A very tanky wizard’s familiar, that one. It was kind of intuitive: almost noone was running around with a scamp, but most sorcerers had a Clannfear. Once I got it,…

Eager for adventure, I plowed my way through multiple reset emails and logged in. They let us use the characters we had last Beta! It IS a Beta test, after all…and letting people level a while is a great way to test higher level content that is deeper in the game. There is a LOT…

Elder Scrolls Online is inviting even more players to explore Tamriel in the ESO beta! Check your registered email address—we’re sending out more beta invites. Don’t forget to take a peek in your spam folder, and if you use Gmail, remember to look in the “promotions” tab to see if you got invited. If you…

by IntrinsicJim, Embedded Gamer: As a veteran player of the Elder Scrolls first-person adventures, I wasn’t sure of what to expect. The Elder Scrolls lore is great, and has millions of fans; what we want to know is if it makes the translation into being fun in a shared world populated by other heroes? I…

On April 4th, only PC players will have the luxury of exploring Tamriel, while Xbox & Playstation players will have to wait until June to enter the fun. I actually see this as good news for our console friends… I figure the additional 30 days’ time will allow the developers to work out those small,…